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1 mid-ocean ridge (geology)

1 former Siping prefecture, Jilin

1 to punish a student by having him stand in a half-squatting position with arms extended forward

1 Pomponia maculatiocollis

1 to hug

2 to embrace

1 meager

2 slight

3 weak

4 ungenerous or unkind

5 frivolous

6 to despise

7 to belittle

8 to look down on

9 to approach or near

1 can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); mysterious and subtle

1 fun

2 interest

3 delight

4 taste

5 liking

6 preference

1 to guard

1 extravagance and waste (idiom)

1 semiconservative replication

1 to relieve a garrison

1 rates (tax)

1 to grab

1 (indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately

2 as it happened

3 (indicates that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly

4 contrarily

5 against reason

6 (indicates that sb or a group is singled out) precisely

7 only

8 of all people

1 old variant of 籀[zhou4]

1 to expect anxiously

1 double star

1 to ruminate

2 to chew the cud

1 Goddess of beauty